A senior commander in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said on Thursday the country remained under attack in a “hybrid war” waged by the United States and Israel, even after the end of their 12-day military confrontation in June.
Yadollah Javani, the Guards’ deputy political chief, said the conflict was “years old” and had only taken on a military dimension earlier this summer. He told a gathering in Kerman that while fighting had ceased, the campaign continued across media, cyber and political domains.
Javani said Iran’s response would be a “hybrid jihad,” mobilizing military, cultural and public resources to counter what he described as the enemy’s focus on narrative battles and online influence.
